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From Expert Student to Novice Professional 2011 Edition
Contributor(s): Reid, Anna (Author), Abrandt Dahlgren, Madeleine (Author), Dahlgren, Lars Owe (Author)
ISBN: 9400734867     ISBN-13: 9789400734869
Publisher: Springer
OUR PRICE:   $104.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Higher
- Education | Counseling - Career Development
- Education | Aims & Objectives
Dewey: 370.113
Series: Professional Learning and Development in Schools and Higher
Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.53 lbs) 156 pages
 
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Students entering higher education expect their studies to lead them towards some specific form of professional career. But in this age, complex internationalized professions are the main source of work for graduates, so students need to prepare themselves for a future that can be volatile, changeable and challenging. This book shows how students navigate their way through learning and become effective students; it details how to shift the focus of their learning away from the formalism associated with the university situation towards the exigencies of working life. It is in this sense that the book explores how people move from being expert students to novice professionals. This book presents a model of professional learning fashioned out of a decade of research undertaken in countries half a world away from each other-Sweden and Australia. It uses empirical research gathered from students and teachers to show how students negotiate the forms of professional knowledge they encounter as part of their studies and how they integrate their understandings of a future professional world with professional knowledge and learning. It reveals that as students move from seeing themselves as learners, they take on more of a novice professional identity which in turn provides a stronger motivation for their formal studies.